Ian Gomez

Ian Gomez was born on Dec. 27, 1964 in New York City, where he was raised by his mother, a dancer, and father, an artist. Interested in performing from a young age, Gomez left the Big Apple after being discouraged by the sheer number of young, struggling actors he would be competing against. Transitioning to Chicago, IL, he honed his craft at the famed Second City improvisational workshop, where the balding Everyman emerged as a talented comedic actor, developing improvisational skills which, in addition to his varied ethnic background -he described his lineage as "Russian-Puerto Rican-Jewish-Greek Orthodox" - made for an especially versatile performer. In 1993, he married actress and writer...